Kapil Dev: Cricket Legend Kapil Dev Suffers a Heart Attack, Undergoes Angioplasty, and Is Now Stable | Cricket news


NEW DELHI – Legendary Indian cricketer and captain of the 1983 World Cup winning team Developer Kapil suffered a heart attack and has suffered angioplasty in a hospital in New Delhi.
Kapil, 61, who had been quite active on the social circuit and on the golf course before the pandemic hit, is “stable now.”
“He feels fine now. I just spoke to his wife (Romi). He was feeling uncomfortable yesterday (Thursday). He is undergoing checkups at a hospital as we speak,” said the former test player and president of the Cricketers Association of the India, Ashok Malhotra. he told PTI.
“Kapil Dev suffered a heart attack. He was evaluated and had an emergency coronary angioplasty performed in the middle of the night,” Fortis Escorts Hospital on Okhla Road, New Delhi, said in an updated health bulletin after only mentioning the pain. chest in your statement.
“He is currently in the ICU and under the close supervision of Dr. Atul Mathur and his team. Kapil Dev is stable now and is expected to be discharged in a couple of days.”
Angioplasty is a procedure to open blocked arteries and restore normal blood flow to the heart.
Kapil played 131 Tests and 225 ODIs before retiring and is the only player in history to claim more than 400 wickets (434) and accumulate more than 5000 Tests races.
Kapil was included in the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame in 2010.
After hearing the news of his illness, the sports brotherhood wished Kapil a speedy recovery.

(With PTI inputs)

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